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• Interesting Facts About Space

  a Novel

  Austin, Emily R.

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  When she unwittingly plunges into her first serious romantic entanglement, Enid starts to believe that someone is following her. As her paranoia spirals out of control, Enid must contend with her mounting suspicion that something is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The T in LGBT

  Everything You Need to Know About Being Trans

  Raines, Jamie

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  Welcome to The T in LGBT, where you can explore and learn about so many topics surrounding gender identity: realising you're trans, starting hormones, considering surgery, and everything in between. Whether you're questioning your own…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Arthur and Teddy Are Coming Out

  Love, Ryan

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  No one in the family is prepared when 79-year-old Arthur Edwards drops that he's gay, and after a lifetime in the closet, he's finally ready to come out. Arthur's 21-year-old grandson, Teddy, has the same secret. But Teddy doesn't feel…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rebel Rising

  a Memoir

  Wilson, Rebel

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  From the scene-stealing star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids comes a refreshingly candid, hilarious, and inspiring book about her unconventional journey to Hollywood success and loving herself.

• Secret Sex

  An Anthology

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  If authors could write their sex scenes anonymously, would they be less reticent? Would they include the stuff they didn't want their mom, or the newspapers, to read? Here are twenty-four original short pieces of fiction on the theme of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 300,000 Kisses

  Tales of Queer Love From the Ancient World

  Hewitt, Seán

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  300,000 Kisses is a landmark illustrated anthology of queer Greek and Roman love stories that reclaim and celebrate homosexual love and sensuality.

• Boyslut

  a Memoir and Manifesto

  Zane, Zachary

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  Boyslut is a series of personal and tantalizing essays that articulate how our society still shames people for the sex that they have and the sexualities that they inhabit. Through the lens of his bisexuality and much self-described…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• After Sappho

  a Novel

  Schwartz, Selby Wynn, 1975-

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  Writing in cascading vignettes, Selby Wynn Schwartz spins an invigorating tale of women whose narratives converge and splinter as they forge queer identities and claim the right to their own lives. A luminous meditation on creativity,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gender Magic

  Live Shamelessly, Reclaim Your Joy, and Step Into Your Most Authentic Self

  McDaniel, Rae

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  A first-of-its-kind practical guide to achieving gender freedom with joy, curiosity, and pleasure for transgender and non-binary individuals, gender explorers, and those who love them.

• A Trans Man Walks Into a Gay Bar

  a Journey of Self (and Sexual) Discovery

  Nicholas, Harry

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  In this raw, intimate and unflinchingly honest book, we follow Harry as he navigates the sometimes fraught and contradictory worlds of contemporary gay culture as a trans gay man, from Grindr, dating and gay bars, to saunas, sex and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sterling Karat Gold

  a Novel

  Waidner, Isabel

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  Sterling Beckenbauer is plunged into a terrifying and nonsensical world one morning when they are attacked, then unfairly arrested, in their neighborhood in London. With the help of their friends, Sterling hosts a trial of their own in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In the Lives of Puppets

  Klune, TJ

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  A charming post-robot-apocalypse retelling of Pinocchio. Speculative fiction readers will love this whimsical, bittersweet fable.

• I Felt the End Before It Came

  Memoirs of a Queer ex-Jehovah's Witness

  Cox, Daniel Allen

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  Daniel Allen Cox grew up with firm lines around what his religion considered unacceptable. Their opposition to blood transfusions would have consequences for his mother, just as their stance on homosexuality would for him. But even years…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Old Enough

  a Novel

  Jakobson, Haley

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  Old Enough is about a young bisexual woman who is pulled between a new sense of community and loyalty to a friendship she's outgrown.

• Hijab Butch Blues

  a Memoir

  H, Lamya

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  Fourteen years old and growing up in the Middle East, Lamya is an overachiever and a class clown, qualities that help her hide in plain sight when she realizes she has a crush on her teacher -- her female teacher. She's also fourteen when…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Young Mungo

  a Novel

  Stuart, Douglas, 1976-

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  Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in a hyper-masculine world. They should be sworn enemies. As they begin to fall in love, they dream of escaping the grey city, and Mungo must work hard to hide his true…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Girls Can Kiss Now

  Essays

  Gutowitz, Jill

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  Jill Gutowitz's life has always been on a collision course with pop culture. There's the time the FBI showed up at her door because of something she tweeted about Game of Thrones. And of course, the pivotal day when Orange Is the New Black…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ten Steps to Nanette

  a Memoir Situation

  Gadsby, Hannah

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  Hannah Gadsby's unique standup special Nanette was a viral success -- and to some, her worldwide fame may have seemed like an overnight sensation. But like everything else about Hannah, there's more to her success than meets the eye. The…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Please Miss

  a Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Penis

  Lavery, Grace E.

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  Grace Lavery is a reformed druggie, an unreformed omnisexual chaos Muppet, and 100 percent, all-natural, synthetic female hormone monster. As soon as she solves her "penis problem," she begins receiving anonymous letters, seemingly sent by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Making Love With the Land

  Essays

  Whitehead, Joshua (Writer)

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  This book brilliantly explores Indigeneity, queerness, and the relationships between body, language and land through a variety of genres (essay, memoir, notes, confession). It's a startling, heartwrenching look at what it means to live as…Read moreRead more of this annotation